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<p class='vspace'></p><h2>String</h2>
<h4>Description</h4>
<p>The String class, part of the core as of version 0019, allows you to use and manipulate strings of text in more complex ways than <a class='wikilink' href='String.html'>character arrays</a> do. You can concatenate Strings, append to them, search for and replace substrings, and more.  It takes more memory than a simple character array, but it is also more useful. 
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<p class='vspace'></p><p>For reference, character arrays are referred to as strings with a small s, and instances of the String class are referred to as Strings with a capital S.  Note that constant strings, specified in "double quotes" are treated as char arrays, not instances of the String class.
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<p class='vspace'></p><h4>Functions</h4>
<ul><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringConstructor.html'>String</a>()
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringCharAt.html'>charAt</a>()
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringCompareTo.html'>compareTo</a>()
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringConcat.html'>concat</a>()
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringEndsWith.html'>endsWith</a>()
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringEquals.html'>equals</a>()
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringEqualsIgnoreCase.html'>equalsIgnoreCase</a>()
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringGetBytes.html'>getBytes</a>()
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringIndexOf.html'>indexOf</a>()
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringLastIndexOf.html'>lastIndexOf</a>()
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringLength.html'>length</a>()
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringReplace.html'>replace</a>()
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringSetCharAt.html'>setCharAt</a>()
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringStartsWith.html'>startsWith</a>()
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringSubstring.html'>substring</a>()
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringToCharArray.html'>toCharArray</a>()
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringToLowerCase.html'>toLowerCase</a>()
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringToUpperCase.html'>toUpperCase</a>()
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringTrim.html'>trim</a>()
</li></ul><p class='vspace'></p><h4>Operators</h4>
<ul><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringBrackets.html'>[] (element access)</a>
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringPlus.html'>+ (concatenation)</a>
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='StringComparison.html'>== (comparison)</a>
</li></ul><p class='vspace'></p><h4>Examples</h4>
<ul><li><a class='wikilink' href='Tutorial_StringConstructors.html'>StringConstructors</a>
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='Tutorial_StringAdditionOperator.html'>StringAdditionOperator</a>		
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='Tutorial_StringIndexOf.html'>StringIndexOf</a>
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='Tutorial_StringAppendOperator.html'>StringAppendOperator</a>		
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='Tutorial_StringLengthTrim.html'>StringLengthTrim</a>
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='Tutorial_StringCaseChanges.html'>StringCaseChanges</a>	
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='Tutorial_StringReplace.html'>StringReplace</a>
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='Tutorial_StringCharacters.html'>StringCharacters</a>		
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='Tutorial_StringStartsWithEndsWith.html'>StringStartsWithEndsWith</a>
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='Tutorial_StringComparisonOperators.html'>StringComparisonOperators</a>
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='Tutorial_StringSubstring.html'>StringSubstring</a>
</li></ul><p class='vspace'></p><h4>See Also</h4>
<ul><li><a class='wikilink' href='String.html'>string</a>: character arrays
</li><li><a class='urllink' href='VariableDeclaration.html' rel='nofollow'>Variable Declaration</a>
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